Archive for the 'The Media' Category

The Iraq War Isn’t Funny Anymore

Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008 by thwap

It never really was actually. Goddammit, actually it’s been a monstrosity, an abomination, a crime against humanity, from the very beginning. And it’s been an ever-increasing nightmare for the people of Iraq for five years now.
So, it’s getting a little tired to look at Jon Stewart’s grinning face, and listen to his droll humour as […]

Ah, Rosie, …. you fucking moron …

Tuesday, February 19th, 2008 by thwap

Pogge and Scott have both blogged on this, but I was so appalled that I thought that I’d give it a whirl …
Rosie DiManno, the columnist/circus freak inexplicably given a regular column by the Toronto Star (perhaps to capture that all-important slavering facist moron demographic and avoid the “stigma” of being a purely “liberal” paper) […]

Holocaust Denial 101

Tuesday, January 29th, 2008 by thwap

First, just to bring people up to speed; the term “holocaust” refers to:

1.
a great or complete devastation or destruction, esp. by fire.

2.
a sacrifice completely consumed by fire; burnt offering.

3.
(usually initial capital letter) the systematic mass slaughter of European Jews in Nazi concentration camps during World War II (usually prec. by the).

4.
any mass […]

Left or Right Criticism: Which Does the Mainstream Media Fear?

Saturday, July 21st, 2007 by thwap

The corporate media likes to pat itself on the back for the fact that it is criticized by the right-wing and the left-wing, because, it is facilely argued, this means that it is “objective.”
I’m more certain that what we usually see is that the mainstream, corporate media operates on varying degrees of wrongness and cluelessness […]

The Problem with Wishes

Sunday, June 3rd, 2007 by elmateo

The CBC recently started something called the “Great Canadian Wish List” on Facebook. The CBC asks for Canadians to write your wish for Canada, it can be anything. People can then join your wish to support it. The top wishes will get some radio time on CBC Radio’s Canada Day programing. This is part of […]